While this may seem like a bit of a stretch on the surface, the parallels between St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford and New York Giants QB Eli Manning are actually quite startling. Now granted, Bradford didn’t enter the NFL with as much fanfare as Manning who had a father (Archie Manning) who was mildly [...]
Given the Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers recent struggles, it’s easy to see why people might think the state of Florida can’t support hockey. Now, is that thinking correct? Probably not, at least in regards to the Lightning. After totally renovating their arena during the summer of 2011, then adding a huge new state of the art scoreboard [...]
After not pitching in the majors for 10 months because of injury, Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Matt Garza made his long-anticipated return on Tuesday against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Garza was brilliant, not allowing a run over five innings of work. He only allowed one hit, but did walk three batters while striking out five. Garza [...]
Will Barton was not the first-year player with the Portland Trail Blazers to get top rookie honors in the NBA. That went to Damian Lillard instead. But as the Trail Blazers get ready to decide who they’ll take No. 10 in the upcoming NBA draft, Barton needs to be present himself to the Blazers as a prospect who could help the [...]
USC Trojans wide receiver Marqise Lee won the Biletnikoff Award as the nation’s top receiver in 2012. Could USC head coach Lane Kiffin seriously consider switching a player of that caliber to a new position — on defense? Maybe. The possibility of Lee playing defense first emerged last season along with serious troubles in [...]
It is not everyday that you hear a player in college basketball getting blocked off of the court. In Vanderbilt Commodores’ Sheldon Jeter’s case, coach Kevin Stallings has decided to block Jeter from transferring to the Pittsburgh Panthers, according to Post-Gazette. Apparently, Stallings seems like he does not want his player to go anywhere, or [...]
With today’s reports coming out that ESPN is going to be laying off what some have estimated is 400 employees, it’s time to have a discussion about big business, sports media, and if anyone should even care about this. The story as first reported on Deadspin is that the ESPN, an arm of the massive [...]
Even though he’s no longer a member of the Detroit Lions, wide receiver Titus Young has been quite the popular topic over the last couple of weeks as he’s struggled to stay out of trouble with the law. It’s one thing for a professional athlete to have a run in with the law, but the [...]
From an offensive perspective, the Carolina Panthers are one of the most exciting teams to watch in all of football. Largely due to the young superstar under center. We know how good he is, and we will get into that in detail. So, let’s take a look at the fantasy good and bad of the [...]
The USA will play host to yet another CONCACAF Gold Cup later on this summer from July 7 to the 28 with nothing but winning on their mind. Losses to Mexico in the finals of both 2009 and 2011 are enough fuel to propel them to play a good tournament. This time around, they will call [...]
The Shield have finally captured some belts in the WWE as all members of the group have now acquired some gold. Dean Ambrose was the first member to win a belt as he defeated Kofi Kingston for the United States title at Extreme Rules. It was a standard singles match, but an entertaining encounter nonetheless. [...]
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The Shield debuted as a three man wrecking team back in the WWE in November 2011. Is the team now ready to recruit a new member to their already destructive force? Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins all came from NXT and made a huge impact at Survivor Series 2011 when they attacked both [...]
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When Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns collectively made their debuts in the WWE as “The Shield”, nobody knew (unless you watched NXT) what they were all like as wrestlers. All doubts of their abilities were diminished as all three men shined at the TLC PPV. The tables, ladders and chairs match they had [...]
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Earlier this week, we witnessed the 2012 WWE Survivor Series, one of the premier pay per views of the year for the WWE. As reported here at Rant Sports, the night of the pay per view, the WWE Championship triple threat match between CM Punk, Ryback and John Cena ended with Punk receiving the [...]
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Three of NXT’s most promising prospects have finally made their official debuts to the WWE. As some of you may have already seen at the Survivor Series PPV that the trio came in and beat up Ryback and John Cena to allow CM Punk to retain the WWE Championship. The three men were Roman Reigns, [...]
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